Sad send-off for faithful Boston steeds

Neigh-saying Boston cops are bucking a report out of the Big Apple that claims they tried to foist “undernourished” nags on the NYPD mounted unit, calling the accusation horsefeathers.

Richard Weir

Neigh-saying Boston cops are bucking a report out of the Big Apple that claims they tried to foist “undernourished” nags on the NYPD mounted unit, calling the accusation horsefeathers.

“All of our horses are very healthy, extremely well cared for and much loved,” said Boston Police Department spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll, bridling at a New York Post report that Gotham cops rejected five Boston police horses because they were too “undernourished.”

“Any allegation to suggest the contrary is absurd,” Driscoll said of the report, which was based on an anonymous source.

Boston police are disbanding their 140-year-old horseback unit - the nation’s oldest - because of budget cuts, offering their steeds to New York City and the Plymouth County sheriff.

Red-faced cops in the Big Apple also refuted the Post report, saying they are thrilled to get the Hub’s street-trained mounts.

“I don’t know where that came from. That’s an absolute lie,” said NYPD spokesman Detective Martin Speechley. “It was not from us . . . We’re just trying to provide a place for these horses.”